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WILLIAM J. COULTER, OF LORAIN, OHIO.

TICKET COUNTING AND CANCELING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed July 17,1905. Serial No. 269.996.

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. Be it known that I, WILLIAM J .COULTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lorain, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Ticket Counting and Canceling Machines; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in -the art to which it apuertains to make and use the invention, re 'erence being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

My invent ion relates toma chines for counting street-raihvay and other tickets of various sizes and thickness and similar matter of all kinds. and it further relates to machines for counting and canceling such tickets.

It has for its object chiefly to provide a means for mechanically counting such tickets wit-h speed and accuracy and in connection therewith means for at the same'time effectually destroying them; and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of elements and devices hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating a machine embodying my invention, F igure 1 is a plan view, partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view with parts removed. Fig. 3 is aside elevation with parts in dotted lines, and Fig. 4 is a front elevation.

In the drawings the numeral 1 represents tickets 'to be counted. These tickets are held packed facewise together in upright position and on edge in a longitudinal feedway g by a feeding-slide 2, which hasa projection which runs in a slot in the table 3 and to which is bolted on the under side a plate 4, which holds the same in place. The feedingslide 2 is moved forward by means of a steel band 5, bolted to the plate 4 at one end and having its other end attached to a drum 6, in which is confined a spring 7, designed to give the same forward rotary movement. By means of these devices the tickets are moved forward facewise and made to engage fingers 8, which are secured to the framework in front of the feed and serve to hold them at the proper angle to insure theirbeing taken off readily by a transposing-roller 9, into which is set 1n peripheral recesses a at regular intervals friction-plates 10 of tempered steel, which are held in place by screws 11, each plate having a rasp-like face adapted to en' gage a ticket. faeewisc and carry it around edgewise as the roller turns on its journals.

The separating and trarsposirg roller 9 is made to fit into its semicylindrical seat I) in the table 3 with such exactness that a ticket cannot pass between their surfaces,' but must wait until engaged by one of the plates 10, which are made each with its curved frictionfacc depressed in its recess just enough to allow one ticket to pass down'edgewise between it and the surface of the seat I) with slight friction.

Journaled in bearings of the frame below the seat I) is a shaft 13, which carries sprocket wheels 12, having spurs e, which extend through slots of said seat and into grooves of the roller 9. Each ticket carried by the roller 9 engages the sprocket-wheels and turns them sufficiently to allow it to pass through. In this manner the tickets are counted automatically by the sprocketwheels, which by means of their shaft 13, gears 14 and 14 shaft 15, and pinion 16 communicate their action to the registeringdials 17 and 17? and cause the dial 17 to move one space for each ticket.

The registering-dial 17 has one hundred' teeth and is graduated to resemble theface of a watch with the Roman figures. This dial has underneath it, incased in a drum, a spring 18', which is connected to the center post 19, but allowed to'remain free at the outer end. Sufficient tension is provided thereby to throw the dial 17 back to O. when released by movement of a lever 20, to which it is secured, and at thesame time this tension will not-allow the spring to become completely wound up. To prevent the action of this spring from causing the dial to return to 0 when the machine is in operation, a ratchet wheel 21 is placed on the shaft No. 13 and a pawl 22, held in place by spring 23, is pivoted to anarm of the frame to engage said ratchetwheel.

When the dial.17 has registered 100, a pin 24 thereon engages a pawl 25 and isallowed to pass, and at the same time a pin '26 of said dial engages the dial 17 and turns it one point. The dial 17* hasten figures and is provided with a ratchet-wheel 28 to engage 'IOO a pawl 27 on the lever 20, which is designed to revent the dial from running back to O. VVffen the lever 20, which is pivoted to the frame at 44 and is held in place by spring :29, is moved to the right, the dial 17, carried by the lever 20, is released, from the pinion 16 and the pawl 27 from the ratchet .28, and both dials are turned back to 0 instantly, the pin 24 striking the pawl 25 and stopping and the dial 17 operating in a similar manner.

Each ticket after passing the counting sprocket-wheels 12 is carried by the transposing-roller until it engages the guide-fingers 30, attached to the frame, which divert it from the roller and carry it between the canceling-rollers 31 and 31. These cancelingrollers are made from tempered steel and serve to punch rows of holes in each ticket, which by' means of engaging fingers 32 is afterward removed from the machine.

The canceling-rollers 31 and 31 are mutually operated by gear-wheels 33 and 33" and driven by a gear-wheel 34, which in turn is driven by a gear 35 and the latter by a hand or power wheel at 36.

The indicator-hand 37, which extends from the center of the units-dial toward the htmdreds-dial at all times points to the number of tickets counted, the dial 1? showing units and the dial 1'7 hundreds.

The table 3 is secured to frame 38 by means of bolts 39, and the frame is further held in position by means ofa separatorbrace 40, which is secured in place by bolts 4]. The registeringalial 17 and lever 2() are connected with the top plate 42 of the frame by means of a )ivot-bolt 43, and the top plate is secured in piacc by means of bolts 44.

My invention permits of many "modifications, the broad idea being to provide a mechanical counting and canceling device for automaticallyaccomplishingtheendsreferred to. It may be variedin form and pro )ortions, depending largely on the size of tic 'ets to be counted.

In the operation of this machine the tickets, are packed with their facestogether and are placed in the feedway 9, where they are pushed forward by the feeding-head to the end of the feedway, where they are separated one by one from the end of the pack by the transposing-roller, which carries them in edgcwise succession and causes them to en gage one by one the sprockets or projections of a rotary shaft, whereby they are counted, the counting being regist eredon suitable dials, which are in engagement through suitable gearing with said rotary shaft. After each ticket has assed the counting-sprockets it is pushed cd gewise between punching-rolls, whereby it is canceled, and it is then by means of a clearing device thrown out of the machine counted and canceled.

Difference in thickness of tickets is designed to be compensated for by introducing thin metallic liner-plates under the frictionblocks, whereby the latter are adjusted to proper position.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a counting and canceling machine,

the combination of a spring-pro )elled automatic feeding device, a metal ic frict onroller, a reversing register, a canceling device and means for o ierating the same, substantially as specified.

2. In a ticket-counting machine, the combination witn a facewise feed, of a separating and transposing carrier, and means adapted to be automatically operated by the tickets in engagement with said earner, to count said t;ckets and register the count. substantially as specified.

3. A ticket-counting machine having in combination with a facewise feed, means for separating the tickets and transposing them from f'acewise to edgewise succession. and ticket-operated means for count-registering devices, substantially as specified.

4. A ticketcounting machine having in combination with a f'acewise feed, rotary frictional means for separating the tickets and transposing them from facewise to edgewise succession, and means for positively moving such tickets in edgewise success on to operate the counting and registering devices, substantially as specified.

5. In a ticket-counting machine, the combination with the feed, of a recessed transposing and separating roller and a seat in close apposition to said roller whereby the feed is changed from faccwise to regular edgewise progression, substantially as specified.

6. In a ticket-counting machine, the com bination with afacewise feed, and rotary frictional means for transposing and separating the tickets and carr ing them in regular edgewise succession, of means for counting and registering said tickets, substantially as specified.

7. In a t cket-counting machine, a transpos'ing-roller having recesses at regular intervals in its periphery, and friction-plates depressed in said recesses, substantially as specified.

8. .In a ticket-counting machine, the combinat on with a longitudinal feedway and means for feeding the tickets facewise thereon, of a semicylindrical seat at the end of said feedway, a recessed transposing-roller in close apposition to said seat, and depressed friction-plates in said roller, substantially as specified.

9. In a t cket-counting mach ne, the combination with an automatic feed of a transposing and separating friction-roller, its slotted seat, ticket-operated sprocket-wheels, their shaft, and count-registering devices in gear with said shaft, substantially as speci- 10. A ticket-counting machine, having a facewise feed, a transposing and separating carrying-roller, a slotted seat therefor, ticketoperated sprocket-wheels, their shaft, countregistering devices and caring connecting the latter with said shailz, substantially as specified.

11. In a ticket-counting machine, the combination with a facewise feed, and count-registering devices, of a transposing and se a rating ticket-carrier, ;a slotted seat there or, ticket-operated counting devices, and gearing connecting said counting devices and count-registering devices, substantially as specified.

1 2. In a ticket-counting machine, the combination with a feedway, terminating in a semicylindrical slotted seat, spring-actuated Feeding devices, a transposing and separating carrying-roller, ticket-operated sprocketwheels, their shaft, adjustable registeringdials, gearing in connection with said shaft and dials, an adjusting-leverTand means for resetting the dials, substantially as specified.

13. In a ticket counting and canceling machine, the combinationwith an auomatic feed, count-registering devices and canceling-rolls, of a transposing and separating roller, its slotted seat, ticket-operated counting-wheels in gear with said count-registering devices, ticketguiding fingers, and ticketclearing fingers, substantially as specified.

14. In a machine of the class described, a separating and transposing carrier, ticketcounting means in the path of the tickets on the carrier, and ticket-canceling means, substantially as specified.

15. In a machine of the class described, a separating and transposing carrier having engagement with means for holding the tickets against movement, and ticket-counting means having a toothed Wheel in the path of the tickets on the carrier, substantially as specified.

16. In a machine of the class described, means for separating and transposing the tickets in succession, means for holding the tickets againstmovement with relation to the separating and transposing means while in transit, and ticket-counting means in the path of the tickets, substantially as specified.

17. In a machine of the class described, a feeding means, means for separating and transposing the tickets in succession, means for holding the tickets against movement with relation to the separating and transposing means While in transit, and ticket-counting means in the path of the tickets, substantially as specified. I

18. In a ticket counting and canceling machine, the combination of ticket-feeding means, ticket-counting means, and ticketcanceling means including a grooved roller, and a toothed roller the teeth of which engage the grooves of the grooved vroller, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

1 WILLIAM J. COULTER. Witnesses: 1

HENRY .T. PLANT, N. F. HOLTER. 

